SLS 10RS-83 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 250
BY SENATOR DORSEY
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates the tea cake as the official state cookie. (gov
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AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 49:170.17, relative to state symbols; to designate the tea cake as the official2
state cookie; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 49:170.17 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง170.17. State cookie6
There shall be an official state cookie. The official state cookie shall be7
the tea cake. Its use on official documents of the state along with the insignia8
of the state is hereby authorized.9
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not10
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature11
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If12
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become13
effective on the day following such approval.14 SB NO. 250
SLS 10RS-83 ORIGINAL
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
Proposed law designates the tea cake as the official state cookie.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 49:170.17)